Hi everyone, I've been reading on this forum for quite a while, but always hesitated to post (my english isn't that great). I'm having health troubles for several years now, and my former GP (we moved) catalogued them as "orthostatic intolerance, POTS". I still think that was the most accurate diagnosis i've had since then, although my current doctors disagree. According to the cardiologist who advised a pacemaker, i suffer from vasovagal syncope; according to my current GP: 'everyone has this when standing up, i just have a bit more reaction to that' ;and my local cardiologist is convinced it isn't vasovagal syncope, but he has no clue as to what it could be. Last year, i've had a pacemaker implant and although there were quite some complications, it does help to prevent the fainting (i used to faint several times a week in bad periods). Unfortunately, i still have a lot of other complaints ( GI problems, coat hanger pain, headaches, tiredness, chest pains, trouble sleeping, presyncopes , etc...) which aren't dealt with at he moment. It seems as if everyone always focused on the syncopes and now that problem is 'solved', i'm supposed to feel fine ( but i don't). I wish i had at least one doctor who understood, and would make the effort to look a bit further than what is written in his manual (POTS is clearly not in it). Well, i suppose one should never give up hope. I'm very glad to have found this forum, it contains a lot of information and, although i wish a better health for all of you, it's quite comforting to know there are others like me, who are struggling to make the best of it. Thanks for reading! Gitte